To port or not to port

Colin Percival colin.percival at wadham.ox.ac.uk
Sat May 17 17:09:47 PDT 2003


   Is there any general rule for when code should be an independent port 
vs. when it should be included in a different port?
   For the next version of security/freebsd-update I've written a binary 
diff/patch tool; it can certainly be used on its own, but I think it's most 
important user will be freebsd-update.
   Should I submit this as a separate port, or just build it as part of 
freebsd-update?

Colin Percival



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